Random Musings

Coretta Scott King

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0131king.html

http://www.legacy.com/Atlanta/Guestbook.asp?Page=Entry&PersonID=16561044

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/entries/2006/01/31...

I got to work this morning and sat down to have my cup of coffee after getting my lesson together, the work on the board, and my materials organized. I opened up the news, and the first thing I read was that Mrs. King had passed away.

It is the end of an era; a changing of the guard. I don't think they make people like her any more.

As a child of Dr. and Mrs. King's generation, I have been life-long witness to the advances those who came before me worked so hard and gave their lives to achieve. She and others of her time truly accomplished some marvelous things in their time here on earth.

Now it is up to all of us to ensure that what was so bravely begun is not eroded by self-centered complacency. Contrary to the belief of some, the struggle is not over. We, meaning people of all nationalities, all around the world, still have a long way to go

Well done, Mrs. King. Please rest in the comfort of knowing that you are appreciated and will be long remembered as a woman of immeasurable strength and quiet dignity.